Wizard's Journey

Chapter 121 Sweeping Through the Five Regions (Part 5)

call out!call out!

Two figures crossed the black earth and arrived at a new, unfamiliar stone pillar forest, landing on a stone pillar platform at the edge of the forest.

With her eyes closed, Kredia sensed the area for a moment before saying to Grin, "We haven't sensed any wizard apprentices with a score of over 300 in this area. We should explore deeper."

"Um."

Under the pale mask, Grimm responded and led Kretia toward the center of the stone pillar forest. Grimm now carried a giant axe on his back, another top-tier magical artifact for a wizard apprentice. Although he wasn't entirely comfortable using it, he had to make do for now.

After spotting a few scattered wizard apprentices and confirming that this was indeed the territory of wizard apprentices in District 13, Grimm frowned and said, "Having flown for so long, haven't we sensed any wizard apprentices with higher scores yet?"

Cretia shook her head, her face pale.

Somewhat surprised, Green simply flew towards several wizard apprentices in the distance whose scores were less than one hundred. All of them were on alert. One of the wizard apprentices was the only one among them with a mark of more than fifty. She wore a beautiful flower wreath on her head, had dark skin, and was leaning on an old wooden magic staff.

"Another powerful figure from another region!"

Upon seeing the mark on Kredia's forehead, the witch apprentice screamed, clutching the badge tightly in one hand and activating her magic wand in the other, though her hand trembled slightly, as if recalling something terrifying.

Green waved his hand from a distance, indicating he meant no harm, and then asked, "Where are the strongmen from your district?"

Hearing Green's words, the wizard apprentices from District 13 relaxed slightly. The female wizard apprentice stared at Green cautiously and said bitterly, "Where are the strong ones? Originally, after the first day the secret realm opened, the strongest wizard apprentices from District 13 had already gathered together, and according to the agreement, they were to split into two factions to fight a decisive battle and settle the grudges of those years. But..."

At this point, the witch apprentice seemed to recall something terrifying, and trembled as she said, "But, only the second day after entering the secret realm, a witch apprentice from District 15 appeared here and wiped out all the witch apprentices who were in the midst of a stalemate in the final battle. Apart from the nine strongest Unsealers, many other witch apprentices didn't even have time to crush their badges before turning into a bloody mist..."

The nine strongest wizard apprentices?

It's impossible that there are nine legendary wizard apprentices. Judging from this, no legendary wizard apprentices should have been born in this region in the past hundred years, and the overall strength is also relatively weak, far weaker than District Twelve.

Kredia exclaimed in horror, "Lord Green, is this District 15 wizard apprentice the one you suspected before...?"

Green nodded and affirmed, "Who else could it be but Hillwoods? No wonder that guy was able to plunder so many points on the third day when the wizard apprentice points were still so scattered. It turns out he wiped out all the strongmen in District 13 on the second day."

The witch apprentice from District 13 across from them quickly explained, "It's not what you think. District 13 isn't without any power to resist; it's just that those powerful figures have already engaged in a series of battles..."

Green certainly understood what the other side meant.

However, for District 13, which lacked legendary wizarding apprentices like Millie from Ice Age or Aliro from Primal Curse, even without the depletion of magic power or other reasons, given enough time, it was only a matter of time before they were all expelled from the Secret Realm or even killed by Hillwoods.

After all, Hillwoods was a guy stronger than the average legendary wizard apprentice, a monster in the eyes of the Son of the Sun.

Kredia sighed and murmured, "I really regret not going to see Hillwood's prowess back then because of my fear. The entire Santa Qualifying Tournament was trembling with fear in two areas because of him."

As she spoke, Kretia glanced at Green with a teasing smile and said, "However... to be able to suppress and even annihilate that kind of monster, Lord Green's strength is truly unfathomable. Speaking of which, the points from these two regions are about to be in Lord Green's hands, and with the addition of the twelfth region, it seems the pinnacle reward of the entire Holy Tower Secret Realm Qualifying Battle is practically his, isn't it?"

Faced with Kretia's flattery, Green, hidden behind his pale mask, merely glanced at her indifferently before coldly saying, "It's best to be absolutely certain. Just as my mentor said, the safest and most secure way to secure the ultimate reward is to drive all competitors out of the secret realm!"

Kredia opened her mouth, clearly knowing that Green was about to completely sweep away all the competitors in the five regions, and sighed, "Well, then we'll have to explore this region for a couple of days, because there aren't any high-level wizard apprentices 'cleaning up' it, and the points are still scattered. You see, even weak wizard apprentices like these haven't left the secret realm."

Green glanced at the nervous wizard apprentices opposite him, shook his head, and, having no interest in these points, flew directly into the distance.

Kredia smiled at the group of wizard apprentices, and her alluring charm caused several of the male wizard apprentices to change their expressions slightly, but they quickly concealed it. However, they could feel Kredia's laughter constantly lingering in their ears, and her graceful figure kept replaying in their minds.

Three hourglasses later.

After Green and Kredia had been bored enough to expel nine wizard apprentices with scores of only three or four hundred, Kredia pointed in a direction and said, "Hey, there's a wizard apprentice with a mark value of around six hundred four thousand meters away over there."

"Um?"

Green asked in surprise, "Are they stragglers from Hillwood's crew? The strongest of the wizard apprentices we just dealt with was only at the lower end of the top ten in District Twelve. If they were in District Twelve, they probably wouldn't have even collected three hundred points by now."

Kredia said, "Very likely. There are hardly any decent strong individuals in this area right now. Wizard apprentices at the second level of the Ten Great Masters are enough to dominate this District Thirteen. By the way, I once heard my mentor say that decades ago, two wizarding academies in District Thirteen went to war with wizarding academies in other areas. As a result, the two wizarding academies in District Thirteen were defeated, and even their wizarding towers were razed to the ground."

The Wizard Tower has been razed to the ground!

A look of surprise appeared in Grimm's eyes. Other wizard apprentices might not know this, but Grimm knew that the Wizard Tower was one of the main sources of power for Saintly Archmages of level four and above! Without the amplification of the Wizard Tower, a level six Saintly Archmages might not even be a match for a level four Saintly Tower Archmages.

Of course, Green wasn't entirely clear on the exact extent of the energy increase, but based on his mentor Peranos's research, it should be quite significant.

Therefore, it's understandable why District 13 has declined.

It is very likely that the Stigmata Wizards in that region had a conflict with the Stigmata Wizards in other regions, which led to a real academy war in the wizarding world. Furthermore, with the defeat of the two wizarding academies in District 13 and the complete razing of the Wizard Tower, this generation of wizarding apprentices as a whole declined.

Without the guidance of a mentor, how can a wizard apprentice become a legendary wizard apprentice powerhouse through their own wisdom?

too difficult……

A sigh escaped his lips. It seemed that even among the Grand Wizards of the Holy Mark, harmony was far from guaranteed. The competition between wizards was undoubtedly guided by a higher consciousness. And these guiding forces were very likely the true rulers of the wizarding world, the True Spirit Wizards of the Holy Tower.

As for why...

Through the secret of the wizarding world that Peranos had told him, Green had vaguely guessed the true meaning and determination behind this guidance. While he was determined to obtain the top reward in this Holy Tower Qualifying Battle, that indescribable pain resurfaced.

Will the wizarding world really one day become like what my mentor said...?

"What's wrong with you?" Cretia asked in surprise.

Green said calmly, "It's nothing. Let's go to the location of that target."

As Green flew away, Kredia didn't know what he was thinking, but she didn't care too much. Anyway, her points had already exceeded two thousand, and according to Kredia's calculations, even if she left the secret realm, a thousand points would be enough to qualify her as a prospective demon hunter wizard.

Moreover... the situation in this year's Holy Tower Qualifying Tournament seems to be somewhat different!

If Green continues to sweep through like this, expelling so many powerful wizard apprentices from the secret realm, then while all the points are concentrated on Green, the other wizard apprentices who become demon hunter wizards will have pitifully few points. This would mean that the points required to qualify as a demon hunter wizard might be significantly lower than in previous years.

After sweeping through for two consecutive days, Green and Kredia also left District 13 and flew towards the next Stone Pillar Forest.

The remaining two areas should both be areas that are developing normally...

Now that five days have passed, under normal circumstances, if there are legendary wizard apprentices in those two areas, they should have already gathered the basic mark points in their own areas, and the next step would be to prepare to explore other areas.

Green needed to hurry to the next area, otherwise, if he got separated from the legendary wizard apprentice in that area, he would have to go through a lot more trouble.

As for the legendary wizard apprentices in the last area, they will most likely diverge from Green and head towards different areas.

(End of this chapter)